Letters About Literature 2008 - Iowa Winners and Semifinalists

Nationwide, approximately 59,000 students entered the 2008 Letters About Literature contest.

There were 1,394 entries from students in Iowa.
474 from students in grades 4 through 6
696 from students in grades 7 and 8
224 from students in grades 9 through 12

The Letters About Literature national office read all 59,000 plus entries and returned the top letters to each state.  In Iowa there were 37 semifinalists at Level I, 38 at Level II, and 26 at Level III.

These letters are added to the Web site as submitted by the student, except we have included only the school and/or town instead of the complete return address.